Few things can put the thrill in your blood like a rock band.

The energy, the cohesion, the pedal to the floor and head tossed back in abandon.

On the hunt for a band similar to Switchfoot or like Skillet but having trouble finding them?

Want to expand into new sounds?

When was the last time you could describe yourself as rested?

Over coffee with a friend, at the dinner table after a full day, on the phone with family, you are constantly asked the question, “how are you?”

What if you can be intimate with God by letting Jesus open the hurting and fearful places in your life?

This what we have wrestled with as we have embarked on the adventure of Wind and Sail.

Stellar Arrangement - Orchestrating a Killer Set and Show

Make It Count - Tips to Make Your First Night a Springboard

Make It Profitable - Pointers for Recouping Some of the Investment

Night Of - Show Up Well, Enjoy Your Show

With thoughtful planning, care for others, and creativity, you can have this show be a rock-solid launch pad for your career.

In the last article we went really deep into cultivating a vision for the show, as well as how to land your ideal first venue.

Here we are going to look at the next steps for you to make your first show a success. We’ll give you the tools for targeted marketing in this article. With a plan to maximize your reach, you can really make this a fruitful night for introducing people to your art.

No following? No released music? No prior shows played? . . . Is this you?

That’s okay! This doesn’t need to be a ‘show stopper’ for you having a killer first show. Here is your inside track to success.

Let’s take a house tour! He’s done it again – Harry Styles is defining another summer with his chart-topping single, “As It Was.” Here you’ll get a deep dive into the defining track off of Harry Styles’ album, Harry’s House.

As those who follow Jesus in the context of our current cultural moment, you have the unique opportunity to enter that conversation redemptively, first to understand and then to respond.

The Gospel is able to speak into every aspect and every moment of life. So let’s lean into how Jesus might talk to Harry Styles.

If you are looking for your next new favorite singer-songwriter, you’ve arrived! We are continuing the journey begun in Part One of this article.

These are the wise friends who have held pen and instrument ready to clothe your moments with insights into how to walk through this life with Jesus and others.

You can see them now. Pen and pad on a side table, well-loved acoustic guitar across their lap, an overstuffed couch, an orchid on the window-sill.

Singer-songwriters are the bards of the age. Often placing their lyrics in an intimate musical setting, they are the story-weavers, the ones you listen in especially close to glean what their words hold.

If you are looking for the Top Christian Indie artists, look no further. These artists may not always appear on a Google Search, but these are the artists who we admire most for their contribution to the Indie music genre.

These pioneers are putting the “Alt” in Alternative Rock and Pop, giving us new sounds to be captivated by.

Since we began the Wind and Sail project, time has been our most brittle tension point. Time as a resource, as a gift, as a responsibility to be stewarded. But thinking through time as a structure, a chrono-palace that frames reality–walls it in and gives shape and relationship–that was incredibly captivating.

Want to be transported to a sunny glade? Looking for a soundtrack for your breezy porch or evening stroll? Searching for a musical doorway from drudgery to wonder?